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Alilibank, which the magistrates had no right to visit, ''" , ( l which did not come under tkir jurisdiction; bait 1-:.) 'anxious was Parliament on this zmi - ,ject, that a Comtniltee had been wapdpointed by the Privy Council for that purpose. Now, what t_s.the_prliocip, le attempt. d to be esta• blished for the firs titrib ‘iy this Hi I? I hat no magistratt - : should have any right to t ester this prison, which w as t o b e l i able to the inspection of no °e but the indi v id ua l s appointed by the Government, nd kinder the pay of the Government. It would perher. be said that that there was already persons appointed as in vpectors of prisons ; but they were appointed by the Go "iernment and dependant upon the Government, and as the es -I:°stence of their offices did not interfere with th e visiting !er 01 th e M agistrates in regard to other prisons, he pro tested Most stron g l y aga i nst the principle sought to be esta- Ish ed• Another point which rendered this inspection still fhctimportant was, that the Governor was to have the right corporal Pun i shment ; it was true the Secretary of at° was to lav clown certain regulations, but who was to aPilv • th em? The nature and extent of that corporal punish- Ment Ra s left in the breast of the Governor, for an) thing that .tp',cared to the contrary. For these reasons he submitted th r the universal rule ought not to be departed from in instance, but that the visiting magistrates should If required to report either to the bench of magistrates, the Noble Marquis pleased, or to Parliament, or to the me cretary of State, from time to time, upon the success the sy stem. lie did not mean to make any charges 't%Rinst any individuals or body of men connected with that l ' ri s°°, for he believed that the persons superintending the enttentiary were persons of great humanity, and discharged their duty well and faithfully ; but his objection was to the t 3.B terti, and he would state the instance of one of the persons ° whom that inquiry before their Lordships extended—he Meant the c ase of Matilda Seymour. She had been insti. );;aced by her mother to commit a trifling theft, a n d h er mot h er race d r eceiv e d t h e goods whi c h s h e s t o l e . B ot h were tr i e d en d c teu ; and the mother was sentenced to six months' im prisonment and hard labour, which consisted, he believed, in v be ing kept at th e washing tub. The chili vim sentenced to .transported, b u t that was commuted into a sentence of ire. vrisonment for ant forthree y ears . Th at c hild was scarcely an object d ishment ;' at the most was about ten ye of age, she h a d acted at the Katiinstion of her mcther. ars Accord "! 'Y it mu s t b e said, by way of defence, that the sentence -_was not intended as punishment, but for her reformation and Instruction. She was sentenced to the Penitentia r y for three years for h er i mprovement and reformation. But if the Go vernment und er t oo k t h e reformation and improvement of chil dren it sh ou l d establish a different system from that pursued in the ettitentiary—a system entirely different from the separate sys `em- Some exercise was necessary for the preservation of health ; but what description of exercise ought it to be ? Merely putting one leg before another was not sufficient for a child . T he exercise ought to be of every kind and variety ; every Part of the body ought occasionally to be brought into activity, el at the same time the mind should be employed to render the exercise beneficial. Their Lordships, assenting to these , Oh servations, would be surprised at the kind of exercise al lowed to this child, who was put there not for punishment but im provement. For half an hour in the morning site was al lowed to walk in single file round a small yard, enclosed by a h igh wall ; and, if the weather permitted, for half an hour in the afternoon. That was all the exercise she was allowed in the twenty-four hours. Again, he had made a calculation of the average number of hours out of the twenty-four during which she was shut up by herself in a cell not much larger than that table.—( Hear, hear.) If they added together the hours for attendance in chapel, for instruction, for washing, an d f or wa l k i ng, the amount would be twenty ors in the week, or less than three hours each day ; so that this child, not more than ten years of age, was to be confined for twenty-one hours out of the twenty- four during three successive years in a cell not l arger than that table; and in order that the child might derive no instruction from without, tthe window -sills were so high as to prevent her from looking he, and th ere was that child kept for twenty-one hours out of t wenty-four —not kept there for punishment, but for the reformation of her morals and the improvement of her mind. There was a beautiful passage of a French author, St. Pierre, to which he spoke of the impression produced by external ob jects on the mind of a child, and of the manner in which the Young mind gradually expanded under the influence of those impressions; but here th e y h a d acte d on a directly contrary Pttnciple ; they acted on the principle of shutting out all ex- L e roal sources of improvement from the mind of the child, and of b arbarising and stupifying its mind. The beautiful lines of their great epic poet afforded almost a literal description of the situation of that child placed under the cruelties of that system U Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of eve or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose, , Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; 13ut cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me expunged and rased." Al most literally did these beautiful lines apply to the situation of that child. The effect of the confinement had been this— that in a short time she was afflicted with scrofula, and the medical man had said that she would not recover as long as that confinement was continued ; and he had further said that scrofula and consumption arising from confinement, were the prevalent diseases of the establishment. He had called their Lordships' attention to this matter for the purpose of mention ing the evidence of the Chairman at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions ( Mr. Sergeant Addams) who was a member of the Childrens' Friends' Society. What was the evidence of that Learned Gentleman ? Why, tha in th Socie they acted en it prin c i p l e d i rectly the reverse of that at adopted ty at the Peni terdiarYs that they allowed th e c hild ren to assoc i ate together, ththey indulged theta in all the amusements of childhood, that ey tr eated them with great kindness, and that the effects " atild t hat system p ro d uced were perfectly marvellous. One ehanewho had experienced the benefits of that system, had x pressed hi s gratitude in these natural terms:—•' You have ehanged me entirely, an d I l ove you a ll . " The Noble and L i earned Lord t h en moved the i nsertion of certain clauses ,Nvrling for t h e appointment of visiting magistrates, who 'ere to inspect tbe prison three times every quarter, and to tePort on its state from time to time. Ile Marquis of LANSDOWNE would notice the state- Nent made by the Noble and Learned Lord in reference to his !tl)lartation of the returns from Manchester, which he had 'rt.'on a f ormer occasion ; he had given the explanation ,in the t erms of the Noble and Learned Lord himself, e had said that which was confirmed by the Noble and included Lord, viz., that a great proportion of the children Ved in that return had been reclaimed by their parents, sp a "e hall no authority to go to the extent of saying that there t s h sear eely any exception. It was surely unnecessary for him w ° , -s c 50 much of his eloquence to prove that common prisons Rene not the pl aces i n which either male or female children :Quid } be confined. The Noble and Learned Lord had referred peg 4 i, n inquiry into the cases of certain children in the tha; -en tiarY, and he had told them that the result was tl - , - „'Pl.en in the opinion of the best officers connected with - ' • f or . rustratton of that prison, they have'Juvenile offenders. The Noble and Learned Lord might gas added that, in the particular instances inquired into, such the tir e Care, the vigilance, the attention paid to those chit s n, that though they were necessarily restricted to obey the ieuliar rules of discipline established there, they stated them h'sh'ss to he without complaint, and to be comparatively nis and esp ec i a ll y w i th regard to the particular case of bad fie., eYrnour. By th e care an d attent i on pa id to h er she kd e "3n placed in a situation to earn her own livelihood ; she ell„,,rpeeeived various kinds of instruction, and had beer, res. h "'nit a woman, from e hem she would have learnt nothing ti u ;:P r avitY. It was nothing new to condemn the system of th e ls v - -; as inapplicable to the cases of children, and that was I~eerY groundwork of the present Bill. The . Noble and th,, — , rn ert Lord had asked him whether a system different from ss, - ; a dopted i n t h e P enitentiary were to be introduced. Why ren t w hote object of the measure was that it should be diffe- But did he state that for the first time? He almost s 9uu ted uhether the Noble and Learned Lord had attended to ; bi‘cauce he had formerly stated that the object of the Bill t n " to introduce a system totally different, and he had adTertcd Iva document in explanation of that new system, which, if the and Learned Lord had read it, would have given him gal satisfaction. The first thing he found in that document t ' ls al that a system of separation was not applicable to children r ; C ommissioners said that they did not advocate thnapp 1- , - 1. - " on of the separate system generally to young . children,. rht be lab for very short periods that species of discipline necessary That was the document to which he had re- i erte rl a foriritglit ago as forming the basis of this Bill. As t? air and exercise for this Particular prison, no less than !i ghtY acres of land were to be provided for the purpose. u:tost beneficial results had been produced by the Society of nthl.,Wuge for the Destitute, of which he was chairman, sn use a better example than the Children's Friends' I',etY, inasmuch as they would receive cons icted children t i l ' i t s n ight be interesting to their Lordships to know that at ~ou ment there was a considerable tradesman in a neigh , !ag to n w who was an arr. Int thief when ten y ears o ld, theure ta }, ad beea taken i nto the Refuge for the Dz•stitute, and ap i , rent !lght the trade which he now followed ; he had nine Vestitte. some of whom came from the Refuge for the and ILleeaernhtd•eted to the clan: es proposed by the Noble u • authority of the local i L u o s r ti d c , because b " th they • troduced the e' m in which this nothingaPPened to be situate:, county( tho t ue e lithe prison itself had slea. g to do with the couety. It was a na . ionel prison, troilet to the inspectors of prison*, who were under the con _ :_ n l e _of Parliament ; and it was - placed, he believed, on the tla.;.footing, with the Penitentiary, and all similar national thshments, independent of the local authorities. All teat he wished was that u hateser authority the Noble and (earneda Lord proposed to establish it should he an authority _ itral nature, that it should report to the Government, or ..`° a Parliament should it be preferred, and that it should be der the controul of the Government as well as of the Par ',Talent. The other amendment provided that a child escaping Par from m confinement should be liable to punishment Now be had tr!cln° doutt that when a child so circumstanced was brought ~ .t 3 the place of confinement the original punishment to no be vrvs liable would r,vert, and consequently there was no re/von to introduce that clause. There were vari riees of offense and pe na lty, an d he thou.lit it would be mor ous de e u liforrn if th e or i g i nal punishment should revert in the case 0 such parties elan that they should all be subject to o ne par ictar puni s h ment for having escaped, and that this nis rne sh ou ld be fixed with ou t re f erence to their various g puradh es and d e grees of gu il t . b .;re Earl of CHICHESTER had always considered the I before the H ouse to b e a Bill very salutary in its general r evisio ns . With respect to the 'amendment of the Noble and Le arned Lord ho thought that prisons ought to be placed tledsr the:most:strict 'aryl consummate superintendence iu a riatunier mono effectual than coals' be carried into effect by the inspectors of prisons. Whilst he said,ththe section on th ose inspect.O.t. W - ould, however, object, under any Ort...tltistanees, to take away the authority and eon br the Local Justices. The Noble Lord concluded by proposing an amendment to the effect that it should be lawful for two or more Justices or the Peace aprolnted tinder the Bill, from time to time, at least three times in every quarter of the year, to make an inspection of the prisons in their neighbourhood, and make a report respecting the same at least once in every quarter to the Secretary of State ; that a copy of such report should be furnished to the Clerk of the Peace, to be by him submitted to the Bench at the ensuing Quarter Sessions; that such Justices should be empowered at all times to visit such prisons, and, if they discovered any evil or cause of complaint therein, that it should 10 - 2 no ticed in the next quarterly report to the Secretary of State, The Marquis of L A NSDO WNE had no objection (as we understood) to the appointment of an independent tribunal, nor that persons should be named, as had been suggested, by the Privy Council. After a few words from Lord Portman, Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Salisbury, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the further cons;deration of these amendments was adjourned to Thursday next. RECOVERY OF TENEMENTS BILL. Lord HATHERTON moved the second reading of this Bill, which had been sent up from the House of Commons. The Bill had been most favourably entertained by the other House of Parliament, which had extended from sums of 101., as it originally stood, to sums of -20/. The Noble Lord then proceeded to explain the details of the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM—Suppose a question of title to be raised, would the trial of that question be left to a Justice of the Peace? Lard HATHERTON said that there was a provision to meet that, and the Bill would not have any such effect. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next. The Earl of H A DDINGTON postponed his motion re specting the appointment of Magistrates in the county of Cro marty to Thursday next. CUSTODY OF INFANTS BILL. Lord LYNDHURST, seeing the state of the House, was willing to postpone his motion for the second reading of this Bill till to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM, seeing that most of the Noble and Learned Lords who would take part in the discussion were present, thought it better to proceed now with the discussion. Lord WYNFORD was also desirous to go on. Lord L YND H U RST then rose, and said that this Bill had been introduced in the other House of Parliament by a Learned Friend of his, a gentleman of great eloquence and great at tainments. The Bill was in its progress through the other House of Parliament actively and vigorously opposed by another Learned Friend of his (Lord Lyndhurst), remarkable for his legal knowledge and the extraordinary acumen of his mind. Notwithstanding this opposition in every stage of the measure in the other House of Parliament, the prominent provisions of the Bill were carried by a very large majority. It was under this sanction, then, that he had now the honour to submit a motion to their Lordships for the second reading of this Bill. As the law now stood the whole controul of children born in lawful wedlock was vested in the father, and lie had an uncontrolled and absolute right to exclude the child's mother from all access to her offspring. The mother might be the most virtuous, the most amiable, the best-conducted, and the most intelligent of mothers, and might be, as was generally the case, greatly attached to her children. The father, on the contrary, might be the most profligate and dissolute man, and might be living in adultery with another, and, notwithstanding, as the law now stood, he would have a perfect right to prohibit all access of the mother to her children. But the evil of the law went further, for the fa ther, from pecuniary objects, from some wish to influence his wife into a transfer of her property, might exclude her from access to her children, and yet, notwithstanding the badness of the motives by which his conduct was influenced, if he chose to exclude her he had a right to do so, and the law gave the Judges no power to interfere. This was the state of the law so far as legitimate children were concerned; but it was not the law so far as related to illegitimate children. He ' would now call the attention of their Lordships to cases which had been quoted upon the introduction of this Bill in the other House of Parliament by his Learned Friend to whom he had already alluded. The first case to which he should call attention was that of Mrs. Mandeville. This lady married a French emigrant. She was at the time of her marriage in possession of seven hundred a-year for her own use, with a certain contingency that her husband should be paid two thousand pounds, under certain circumstances. This state of things, however, was not satisfactory to the husband, and he endeavoured to force the wife to make a will in his fa vour. Sho bad the courage to resist his importunities, and he then threatened to take her out of the country in case she per sisted in her refusal. However, there was a provision in the settlement which provided against such a contingency. The husband being defeated in his first intention, then took the child from the mother, and sent it to a hireling nurse. An application was made to a Court of law, but the Judge de cided that lie had no right to interfere. There was no evi dence that the child had suffered in health. There was evi dence that the father had given it to a nurse, and the Court decided that they could not interfere. The next case was ene which had come before his Noble and Learned Friend, when he was Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. It was Mr. Skin ner's case. The husband and the a ife were separated, owing to barbarous usage on the part of the husband. The husband was, besides, living in a state of adulterous intercourse with a woman named Delavar. The child, in the first instance, re mained with the mother. It was not then more than six years of age. The father, however, soon after toJk possession of the child, which he handed over to Mrs. Delavar, with whom he lived. The father was at this time a prisoner in Horsemonger lane Prison. The child was day after day brought there to him by the woman Delavar. An application was made to the Court; but they decided that they had no power to interfere. It appearid that the conduct of the mother was ir reproachable, and that she was attached to the child, but still there was no remedy. The third case was that of Mrs. M‘Donagh. The parties were separated; it did not appear from what cause. The child, in the first instance, was left to the mother. The father afterwards took away the child, and sent it to a school, where it became affected with a scrofulous complaint. Two former of their children had died of the same complaint, and the mother prevailed on the governors to give up the child to her care, in order that it might have the benefit of her attention and affection, as well as the experience she had derived during the illness of the former children. The father withdrew the child. An ap plication was made to the Court, and Chief Justice Patte son decided that the Court had no power to interfere. The next ease he should state was a more recent ease. It was that of Mrs. Greenall. She had three daughters. The eldest not six years old, and the youngest under two years of age. She had occasion to go down to Weymouth for the be nefit of her health, and on her return ascertained that during her absence her husband had been filing in adultery with a woman named Graham for upwards of a year. Sbe was greatly shocked at the information, and applied to her mother and other friends as to how she should act. She was advised to take proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court and sue for a divorce, on the ground of adultery. The husband threatened that if she persevered he would take the children from her. She did persevere, and the threats were renewed. Proceed ings were taken in the King's Bench and also in the Court of Chancery, and it was decreed to deliver up the children to the father ; and it was distinctly laid down that it was the hus band's undoubted right to bar the mother from all access to her children. The Vice-Chancellor said, that however bad and profligate the husband might be, the Court of Chancery had no right to interfere and that he. therefore, had, he was sorry to say, no power to en rble Mrs. Grecnall to see her children as a matter of right. He could adduce other cases were it ne cessary to make up his proposition, but he would put it to their Lordships whether be bad not succeeded in doing so by the statement he had already made? If their Lordships con ceived that he had made out a case, he would ask them whether they would say that some mitigation ought not to take place in a law which fell upon children so heavily, and in which there was something so harsh, and even cruel, and their Lordships would give him leave to say, su urgent.—(Crics of " Hear, hear, hear.") It was not for him to describe either the feel ings or situation of a woman under such circumstances. The mother might be pure and spotless—she might be ardently devoted and attached to her children, but still her husband, notwithstanding he might be immoral and profligate, could deprive her of her right to see them, or defeat her applica- tines for that purpose in the way he had stated. It was not For him to point out the injustice of this harsh and unfeeling law—a law which converted all the tender and amiable feel ings of a mother into an instrument of indescribable torture. Under these circumstances, and considering the case in this point of view, he would ask their Lordships whether they were not prepared to go thus far with him and say, that an altera tion in the law should take place? Wirtt made this law so harsh and severe was this—Where a woman had an illegiti mate child, no person had a right to interfere with her posses sion of it ; no, not even the father of the child. Her domi nion over it was complete, but he knew that it proceeded on another rule of law. Now, what was the altera tion he proposed ? He thought the only valid objection that could be made to it was, that the Bill was not an adequate remedy for the evil. It undoubtedly did not in terfere with the claims of the father; on the contrary, all it said was that the father should not be a judge in his own case —that he should not be able entirely to exclude the mother from seeing her offspring at his own will and pleasure, but that another party, one of the Judges of the land (a proper tribunal) should decide whether or not the mother ought to have access to the children, and the degree to which that indulgence should be extended. Ia this respect the Bill took away the control of the father ; but, in doing so, it placed that control in hands where it would not be liable to abuze, in the hands of independent anti upright Judges, who would only exercise it with a sound and beneficial discretion as regarded the children. He believed that it was purely imaginary to sup pose that evils would result from the alteration which this Bill proposed, but as he understood his Noble and Learned Friend opposite meant to oppose it, he wished to know what the reasons were on which his Noble and Learned Friend meant to rest his argument. He might be told that if their Lordships were to pas this Bill it would lead to litigation. Undoubtedly it might lead to litigation ; but was that any reason why the Legis lature should not interpose ? They could pass no measure which was not liable to the same objection, and why this Bill should lead to litigation, more than any other, he had yet to learn. He had heard it stated, and read in that which had had been written on the subject, that it would lead to perjury. In every case undoubtedly where there were conflicting rights, there was a liability to the crime of perjury ; but why there should b e more p er j ur y b ecause o f this Bill than in the law as it stood, was a matter he was wholly at a loss to conceive. The Noble and Learned Lord, in conclusion, moved the second reading cf the Bill, and said that if Ilajr Lordilips wotild diniider it in all its b'earings; he was eonVinced they h • • jse Artd just laliV Woulu n nu ic no , owy a I .L.matt_ Ut ti A • • Lt•rcl — BßO UG HA AI said that his Noble and c.earned Friend had introduced the subject in a manner so attractive, with a distinctness so peculiarly his own, that, coasidering the i;t;ight or the atithority end Learned friend, her high station in that House and in the country, diiu si t ef , sitteftt place which he had filled in the law, he might be deterred from adopting an opposite line of conduct had he not found it necessary to shut his ears to the pathetic topics which his Noble and Learned Friend bad urged, with a view of stealing into their Lordships' bosoms by means of the best, the natural feelings of mankind. So far from laying stress on the fevr ness of the instances which his Noble and Learned Friend had adduced, he only lamented that so many cases had oc curred, and he would even go farther, and say, that although the number might be small, he bad no doubt many others existed which had never seen the light, simply because it would be useless to struggle against the law. He admitted that it might appear hard to reject this, the only remedy fur the evil brought forward; but, although the Bill had passed through all its stages in the other House with a large majority, he was surprised that, with the single exception of a Right Hon. and Learned Friend of Isis, who distinguished himself on this as on all other occasions, the subject had not received the attention from those Members of that House connected with the legal profession which its importance demanded. The law officers of the Crown had not expressed any opinion with respect to this Bill— (Cries of " Hear, hear")—but whether they approved of it or were opposed to it, they were bound to give it the sanction of their official names, or to withhold that sanction by stating their views with respect to such a measure. When he came to look at the evil on the one hand, and the remedy proposed for it en the other, he could not help saying that it was only a partial measure, and that it left by far the greatest evils untouched—it was in short but a little remedy to a part of the evils connected with the present law of husband and wife—but then it opened the door to such frightful changes in the law of the country on this sub ject —aye, was such a frightful invasion of that security by which the morals of the people, the sanctity of the manage obligation, and the education of children. were guarded, that he at once said that if it were adopted, it would open the gates through which such a flood of immorality would flow as would completely destroy the character and institutions of the country. His Noble and Learned Friend had laid be fore them all the evils of his case, and pointed out how different the treatment was which the law applied to the husband and the wife. There could be no doubt whatever that the law was harsh, that it operated severely as regarded the women; but although this was his opinion, although he thought the evils should be remedied, he could not think that- the present was the proper me isure for that purpose. His Noble and Learned Friend had drawn an appalling picture, and had he the power of the pencil of his Noble and Learned Friend he might do the same. The question their Lordships had to determine was whether they would set aside the fundamental law of marriage in this country when there were other cases in which women were as harshly treated as they were in being deprived of the custody of their children. Adultery was equally a crime in man or woman by the law of man as well as by the law of God ; but in this case how different were the positions of the two sexes. If a wife made a slip an action was brought against her para mour by the husband, and the character of the woman was put in issue not only behind her back, but frequently sworn away by collusion between the husband and a profligate para mour. She had no remedy, for she was excluded from the inquiry by the rules of Westminster Hall. It was very different where the adultery was committed by the husband. A wife might be devotedly attached to her husband, but although her tenderest feelings might be out raged, and on this point the feelings of women were most susceptible, she was left remediless.—( Hear.) If even the husband failed in his action, he might refuse to live with her, and if he did what redress could she obtain ? She might sue in Doctors' Commons for a restitution of conjugal rights, a proceeding which no woman, with pride, would adopt ; but this was the only course that was open to her to take. But even if she went there all she could get would be a sentence of divorce, a mensa et thorn. She could not marry again. How different was it with the husband? The law gave no remedy for surrendering the conjugal vinculum • but what did the husband do? Why be came down to Parliament, and on the verdict which he had obtained at law, and the sentence of separation pronounced in the Court, he procured a dissolution of the marriage. This enabled him to marry again if he pleased. If their Lordships meant to alter the law they should not confine that alteration to marriage. They would find that the law bore hardly in all cases against the weaker sex, who seeing the effect of passive resistance in Ireland and elsewhere, perhaps might attempt to gain their rights by the same means, by proving to the lords of the creation that unless these rights were conceded, there would be an end of that - domestic comfort and happiness which they previously enjoyed. The natural difference of the two sexes had led to this inequality, but for his own part he could not see that the evil complained of was touched by this measure. The Bill did not deprive the father of the controul of his children ; he might place them any where, even in a brothel, and the whole boon which the measure conferred was that of allowing the wife to obtain a Judge's order to see them now and then. That was no remedy at all, for it did not touch nine-tenths of 1, S i it • * 4 --• the evils. When be pronounced his judgment with respect to the title of the Bill, he must say that it was th most fraudu lent thing he had ever seen, but this was not to b 3 attributed to his Noble and Learned Friend. It stated that it was " a Bill for providing that parents" (in the plural number) " should have access to their children," when, in point of fact, the father wanted no such power, as he bad it already by law. This, therefore, was not an honest title. It should have been designated " A Bill for allowing wives access to their chil• dren ;" and he thought ho had a right to complain of the un fairness of the title. There was no greater hardship in this instance than in the case of property, and many other cases which could be mentioned ; but let their Lordships look at what it was that the Bill provided. It provided that not only the three Equity Judges, namely the Lord Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, and the Master of the Rolls, who alone knew anything of matters of this kind, but that the fifteen common law Judges, who knew nothing about the matter, should like wise have controul. Lord LYNDHURST did not approve of this provisi on , and intended to confine the powers to be given by th e Bill tt; the Equity Judges solely. Lord BROUGHAM was glad to find this, for he feared that when the fifteen judges were asked their opinion of the measure they would hold up their thirty hands against it.—( A laugh.) When he found a measure containing such gross blunders as appeared in this Bill—blunders which his Noble and Learned Friend not only did not defend but abandoned_ he thought he saw enough to justify him in opposing it. It would introduce an anomaly into the law, and increase the labours of the Equity Judges. Those Noble and Learned Lords who had sat in Courts cf Justice must be aware that cases of this kind were of all others the most tedious, and for his own part he had frequently expended two or three days in disposing of a single case of this description. The contest was not for money but feeling, and this rendered such a controversy of all others the most painful. The remedy at present was to proceed by habeas c or p us, b ut this Bill transferred all the existing remedies to the adraistra tion of the Equity Courts. But why confine this Bill to Lon don and Westminster?—( Hear, hear.) Why not extend it to the provinces? Were there no persons in Cornwall, in York shire, or any other county, to whom its provisions could be ap plied? If the fifteen judges were to be struck out there would be no remedy for ill-used wives in any county in the provinces. —( Hear, hear.) The Bill had been conceived in careless ness, for it originally provided that a woman living in adultery could have access to her children as well as she who was not. But the cases that would come before these Courts of Equity were now, -and would be, 'of the most difficult description ; they were all to be decided on affidavit—( Hear, hear)—while perhaps a single cross-question would be sufficient to dissipkte such affidavit altogether. Then there was the additional diffi culty, after a case of this nature should be heard, of making the proper order. So far as to the machinery of the Bill, and now let their Lordships consider the mischiefs to which it would give rise with respect to the marriage state. It was the certainty that married persons could not get rid of each other that strengthened the tic, and there was nothing that could have a greater tendency to make a wife faithful to her husband, than the knowledge that should she net be so, she would be separated from her offspring.—( Hear.) But this Bill would encourage the woman who c mtem plated adultery, smooth the path to separation, and tend to close the door against reconciliation, in many cases where so desirable a result of past disputes might be effecled. These were his chief objections to the Bill. He had rather sre a measure that would apply the axe to the root of the evil at once.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble and Learned Lord con cluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. The LORI) CHANCELLOR had had considerable diffi culty in making up his mind on this question. He objected to the little power this Bill gave to the wife with respect to see ing her children, as he was convinced that that power, when well exercised, would, in many instances, have the beneficial effect of preventing cruelty on the part of the hu‘l.and t o the wife. The power, however, ought only to be exercised in cases where the conduct of the wife was, and had been irre proachable. Ile thought their Lordships might, however, safely assent to th e secon d rea di ng o f t h e me asure, limiting it to the extent proposed by his Noble and Learned Friend. Lord W YN FORD should certainly vote for the amendment. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading—Coatents 9 Non-contents Majority against the Bill —2 Adjourned at Half-past Ten o'Clock. BRIS'rOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 27.—That which we looked f orwar d to as the probable effect on the L"id" market, of the st a t e o f our own, has exactly taken Ow sugar s there e: have been very kri s k, an d th e desirable qualities arc 6d. to Is. dearer in consequence. This has re v i ve d t h e disposition to purchase, an d enabled our buyers to give former p r i ces more readily; whilst every attemp t to obtain an advance is resi s t e d , and only serves to repress any rising hopeof a renewal of bus:nes s .— John Willia m B ertram], the cook of the Victoria, was apprehended on Saturday and examined at Lambeth street Police office, charged with breaking open a package on board of that vessel, and stealing therefrom various articles of Jeweller y. The partieulars of the rubbery were detailed on Saturday. Several of the stolen articles were found on the person of the prisoner, who did not deny the rob bery, attributing it to drunkenness. He and one of the women in the transaction were remanded. plicited The Avondoode, a Alini•itcrial journal of Amster dam, contains in a postscript the fk.llowing passage :—" We have just received accounts which lead us confidently to expect that the treaty of the !A articles, with some additional ones, will be signed in a day or two, if it be not su already. The importance of the question prevents us i. - _aLing übservations, but we think we nlay safely advance that the dc.tiniti,e. treaty aiti be 6ua. as to cirtirz c3ntidualicz: of Pc: ":c• TEIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULV 31, 1838. " Sir, your obedient humble Servant, " LAVINIA MATILDA CARET MORTIMER." " I hare the honour to remain, Sir, " Your grateful and humble servant, " E. W. POPHAM." A TROUBLESOME TENANT.—Mr. Wm. Tinkler, a member of the Hull Corporation, was summoned by William Bain.. bridge for an assault. The complainant rented a house of Mr. Tinkler, and had not paid him any rent for more than two years, in consequence of which a distress was put in, and all his goods taken. The complain ant refused to leave the premises, and Mr. T., having determined to get rid of him, under a plea of destroying bugs, lighted a large fire in the lower part of the house, shut all the doors, locking the complainant in one of the rooms, and burned a large quantity of brimstone, the fumes of which nearly suffocated Bainbridge, who, on calling out for mercy, was taken by the shoulders by the defendant, and turned into the street. The defendant said it wa+ all true, be could not get rid of his tenant by any other means. The Corporation Magistrates said be had no right to act as he did, and fined him 2s. 6d. and costs. Th e d e f en d ant d eclared he would appeal ag ainst this decision.— Hull Pa per. O il Saturday an inquest was held at the Cham pion, p r i nee s_strest, Lisson - grove , on the body of John M`L e ll an, w h ose d ea th occurred u nder the followin g circumstanc e s : — The jury first pro_ eview the body of the unfortunate man, whi c h presented a spectacle t e ,horr ible adequately to describe, the f ace b e i ng entirely e and the whole b od y bc.n g on e mass of sores from top to toe. c ; l ; e , s l away, , to , , a y , too From t h e depositions it appeared that the deceased was the striver of a cab and horse, the property of Mr. W. Johnson, a cab-owner at the west lained of having a cold. He took some gruel and wen t end of the town. On the evening of Friday week last, dece ased came follossing day large lumps or swellings began to m a k e to o w h n ed e a . nd ct e n orn th i c th e ir appearance un der the jaw and on the nose, which, as well as the eyes, emitted a grea t de d of running. The eyes gradu a ll y b ecame worse il but the gentleman who attended was una bl e to tell teh and full of holes , and the nose and jaw broke out into dreadful sor es. Me- Ia .Sir Astley Cooper, who exami ne d hi m, and pro nounced it to called g landers caught from a horse. Th e deceased's me _ dies! subsequently fell in with this opini on ; b ut all remedies v lcce,.eilti naturein aid attendant wasaof,ab bethe stbbdease. On Wednesday last d eceased was con _ vexed about a quarter of an hour before his death, no ava il, The unfortunate man gradually became worse, were found of and entirely insensible. In the space of two days his nose fell from his agony. The eor jury i ti p rey e . face, and his eyes became like a cullender, both emitting a thick mucus He, however, running. which took p l ac e on Thursday evening, recovered his senses, and stated s h uic e Yi a" d ts r i in i n y gg e r a . tg ' h ' oen that he had got his death by wiping the horse, which was glandered, with 11;s own nose. in returned a verdict--`' That the deceased died from glanders acciden tallyikie:acheixdopersifer,:atoinfv,t.tih,le:cenhmiin:ecsatuweatxisocurt eared that they could not be satisfied unless the horse were killed. The prop• 'etor expressed his readiness to assent to their proposal, and the rietor animal was accordingly destroyed. THE RUSSIA COMPANY.—A dinner was given on Thursday at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate.street, by the Russia hisPcaughts c e pocket h handkerchief, Company, to Count Stroganoff, the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary, and to Count Bozzo di Borgo, the resident Ambassador of the Emperor of Russia at the Court of Queen Victoria. Viscount Melbourne and the Duke of Wellington both accepted the invitation of the Company, but were both prevented from attending it by the press of parliamentary business. par.iamentar business. Colonel Astell, the Governor of Y , the Company, was in the chair, and surround Iby more then 100 of the first R uss i an merc h an t s in the city of I.ond t : ' i Ott his right were Count Stroganoff, Count ~ Alexis Stroanoff b'sn. the corn_ minded and the Admiral Ri cor d , th e o ffi cer w h o co minded a portion of heßussian fleet at the battle o f N avar i no . O n his len were Count l'oz° I . 11°1 . g° ' z the Marquis of Londonderry,_ Sir C. Bagot, and Sir 11. Hardman.i On Friday last an inquest was held at Nancy, before C. Martin, g en tl eman, Coroner, on view of the body of Dan i e l Burt, aged 17 (s on o f Mr. Burt, miller,of Iligh Toyntoo, near Spi!shy), who was unfortun a t e l y drowned in crossing over the race (or stream ) o f a water-mill at P artney, making the foutth son of the same fat h er w h o has come to a prem ature and untimely death.—Verdict, " A cc id e ntally drowned."—Boston. Herald. HERRING FIsHING,—The herring fishing has this season been very productive; and is weekly, nay - daily, increasing. The curers are v. ry actively engaged in the fishing ; and so great is the take, that a scarcity of salt and barrels is severely felt. At Campble. ton, we understand, the herrings are selling at fis. per hundred, which will prevent the people in that neighbourhood from competing with the Lochfine fishers. We are glad to hear that the fishing was good last week; but the fish have gone farther up the loch to Tarbet, which will occasion the removal of the busy scene of the operations of the curers.— Edinburgh Courant. DEBATE ON THE PENSION LIST. the toliostiiiig ire the Letters referred fo in tire Cdttfzt of the deblte diet " VIENNA, J•NUART 11, 1838. Sir,—Living, von at a t c h c e o t a t b n o t t apdi t adheslreclsslmi sm ng allness s )inie s o,, tv o hb, f liu:t na gpte y hrtego i i c olt o ir c earrt e, in the most retiro r o4 n , netion I ;:: ,7 :::::1t. '1: 6 1, ! :- ; e- gieN ri f;li T t: tredluin all that despised and degraded class t:a"a7!,,-rMotipts, Are to !. send to you, Sir, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, an act;t7Xo. qt!qf eArerAl to the pensions they have hitherto received. Takliii .;!! ~ lett for granted that I am rightly informed, I beg your patience to the tita n for dailyeedrecital. My father, the Hon. General Lucius Ferd in an d C a rey , commanded at the takin M of the Island Of . Lucia from the French, in I the year I iSg, ?tritt died Of his wounds on the day of Its capture. " I must not, hoe/ever, suftet this melancholy entitnOtatiOn In make me forget that which I must eve' fgolErntrer with gratitude, vit., that this pension, which in these dear times fliftiOies Ore with little more bread, and obli;es me, to obtain that, td lira #d b'anishment, was yet the means of procuring me that religious and solid tocltst'sition adapted to my fortunes, which has enabled me to bear up agatist all the sorrows of them. I have, inched, esnoyed it long, perhaps the gen. 'lemon of be Committee will think too long; that hes besn the will of God, and not my fault ; and it is true that, as it is thy slnly resource, I should be glad to retain it, if I can be allowed so to do with hottOgr and without reproach, and to receive it with that dignified thank. fulness with which the daughter of a usefully brave British officer,may accept a national testimony of her father's deserts; but if this cannot be, and his services are considered as having been long remunerated, why then, Sir, I can cheerfully resign that which I shall hope may lesien the distress of some younger and weaker child of affliction; and being, by God's blessing, able both in body and mind, to seek my own subsis tence in the education of the children of some more fortunate family, as I was obliged to do in Mr. Pitt's time, when the pensions were at times four, five, or six quarters in arrears, I may, perhaps, find an answer to the quarterly question of my mind, whether such wages as I should then receive for my honest service were not more honourable than the de_ grading reception of a pension so grudgingly bestowed. Leaving this weighty matter, under your sanction, in the hands and choice of the Gentlemen of the Committee, I beg leave to subscribe myself, "`The pension was granted by Mr. Pitt (unasked) for services per. formed not only in the navy, but also in the conduct of a confidential and difficult misrion to the Emperor Paul of Russia. "At the time of m , king the grant, the Minister's discernment led him to foresee that thecurtailment of Sir Home's life, and thorough neglect of his private affairs, must be the inevitable result of his devotedness to thepublic service, and therefore he gave a remainder to his widow. " How fully that discernment was borne out by fact is told in a few words. " Although several years of brilliant successes followed the period of the grant, so little provision had Sir Home been able to make for his family during those years, that on receiving his last command, when his private affairs were pressed upon his notice, after parting with all his propertrin - litigland, he found his fortune to consist of his pension and his sword, and he was constrained from motives of economy to take his family with him to Jama'ca. _ _ •' Thus having toiled beyond his strength, he sunk beneath the loss of a son and of a daughter, o f w h om the climate had bereaied him ; and collectin g a lt that an uns kilf u l econom y had just placed within his disposal, h e w as permitted to return with it to England, there to receive again the app ro b ation of his k i ng, an d , l eav i ng t o hi s w idow his pe ns io n and his name , " His nam e i s history ; no thousan d pens can bl o t or mar it. " His to bless his children, and to die. Pension has given to his children such an education and such advantages as it s li m i ts cou ld , a ll di rec t e d , t o ma k e th e m worthy their country's bount y and their father ' s name; and I am con fid ent that no royal person, no House of Commons, no Minister, will say that pension should expire before i expire. " No, Sir, the remnant of my days shall still be soothed by the words your letter quotes—. It is honourable in just cause to be thought worthy of reward.' " I do not undervalue by any means, the pecuniary advantages ofthe pension; with roy family and my wants that were impossible. Have not I, ere this :borne heavier privations—and for my country ? I have! But I do value high, and above all the touching testimony to the merits and to the memory of Sir Home Popham, borne in the continuance of that pension by a grateful country, ministered by a Royal hand to his widow, and that because he was as true an officer as ever left a widow in a nation's care. " Sir, —ln reply t o your letter, which I had the honour to receive " 2, Grove, Hackney, Nov. 30, 1837. last evening, I consider it a private communication, and hesitate not to give you the particulars. My late husband held the vicarage of New land, bordering on the Forest of Dean, which you are aware is ext •a parochial. The miners and colliers, of which there were several thou sands, he found in a state of utter ignorance, without any place of wor ship ; neither would they go to those nearest the Forest, knowing they had no claim. The Sunday was spent in amusements. Dlr. Procter, feeling for their destitute state, applied to Government for a grant of lapd to erect a place for worship and a school, under Mr. Percival's Admin.- tration, and it was submitted to the law officers ; but it was found it could not be done without an Act of the Legislature, and Mr. Percival advised an appeal to the public for subscriptions to erect a building, that the poor colliers and miners might have some instruction. This was effected, after some years of labour and expense, with the weight of a very large parish to take care of. The Forest was his work of love, for they could give him nothing ; and till he succeeded in getting a grant of land, which was at last effected, he met the people in cottages, anxious to be taught ; and when the church and school were finished, both were crowded. Besides the Sunday worship, he gave them a lecture in the week, and it was pleasing to see the poor colliers hastening from the coal.pits to be in time for the service. The distance being so far from Newland, Mr. Procter was of course ex posed to the rain and snow and wind ; and after coming out of a place greatly heated, from the numbers that attended, his health was injured, and he fell a victim to his constant exposure to heat and cold, and others ate receiving the benefit of his labours. Mr. Procter having sacrificed his property in the erection of the building, &c , in considers. ,ion of his great exertions to make the foresters of Dean good and loyal subjects, and the severe losses he sustained in building, and which is fully explained in a little pamphlet, which I would, if you wished, for. ward to you, the pension was granted tome, his widow, on the solicita tion of the late Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, who was at that time Bishop of Gloucester, with Lord Bexley and Lord Calthorpe, who knew what Mr. Procter had done for the foresters, and were liberal subscribers, I fear to fatigue you by the length of detail, or I could say much more, WhicH would interest and incline you to do your best that my pension may not be withdrawn. I cannot look forward to. many years, being nea rly sixty , and much out of health. I leave it in your hands, t rusting You will remember the widow. " I am, Sir, your obliged humble servant, " AGNES PROCTER." ,„l in i Y given at th e Th ea tre Francais fur the benefit of the Vaude. ville Company, was extreme l y we ll a ttended, and produeed 7 , 0 1 2 f, PARIS THEATRES. — The representat ion ex traordwhich, after the expenses are deducted, and which the Directors of this theatre generously fixed at the smallest possible sum, will leave mere than 6,500 f. applicable to the benevolent purpose alluded to. We are glad to hear that a subscription has been opened on ' Chan g e in behalf of the meritoriou s company in question, and that it already amounts to a handsome sum —The Courrier des Thiqitres says that the house of Rothschild has given 500 f. A man, 'mined Mauduit, was tr.ken up the other day in the act of shoplif t i ng . He turns out to b e most p robably thesenior roMer of the capital. since his first c ondemnation for these petits egare.. 'Rents de 7 )107206C date from the first days of the republic, .16 years ago. —Paris Paper. OYDENITAN I COLLEGE, GRAFTON-STREET, GOWEILSTREET —The distribution of Honours for - Summer Session took place on Saturd a y , July '2Bth, at four, P. it Francis Ommancy in the Ch a i r . On the reading of the Repor it was shown that 320 en. tries had be,en male the 13t. 1837, to the .Medical classa. COURT CIRCULAR. Iler Majesty held a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoon, at MC 14evt , P4laCe, Tht , PiattocH was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Chan:el - • - ' tor, the first Lrird erftire Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonist Detraftmerifs, the Chancelor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Control, areSeeretary at War, the Lord Steward, and the Lord Chatnber:aid. _ _ At the Coooeil some Orders in Council on colonial matters were ap proved of. Mr. C. Greville was the Clot of the Council in waiting. Sir George Villiers, G.C.8., her Makrdy's Envoy Extra ordinar y and Minjecr Plenipotentiary to the Queen Regent of Spain, was presented to her :i:'•jesty at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston, on his return from Madrid. Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Hill, Lord Glenelg, Sir John Hobhouse, and Viscount Melbourne. The Court was attended by the Countess of Charlemma, Lady in wait. ing ; Marqnig of Headfort, Lord in waiting; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in waiting; t!'e Trraeurer of the Household, the Hon. \Villain Cowper, groom in waiting ; and Colonel Buckley, Equerry in waiting. Tito fol!owing joined the royal circle at dinner last evening—Earl and CountesS of Uxbridge and Lady Eleanor Paget, Earl of Surrey, Hon. Col. Cavendish, and Mr. Rich, M.P. The band of the Ccldstraain Regiment of Foot Guards attended &trine dinner at the Palace. The Ptite and Duchess of Cambridg had a dinner party on Sunday, at Cambridge ficogse, There were present :heir Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Printa of Nassau and Prince Maurice of Nassau, Duke and Duches3 of Buccleuch, Cotint Victor Zichy, Count 1.7.?d0dy, Count Al bert Esterhazy, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Jones. The Duchess of Gloucester has been Indisposed with a cold. Lard Hill bad an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, !t1 Downing-street. _ _ The French Ambassador and the Special Minister transactei businefs yesterday, at the Foreign office. The Commander of the Forces had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial.office. The Duke de Palmella, Portuguese Ambassador Extraordinary, called yesterday, to take leave, on several of the Cabinet Ministers. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Viscount Canterbury, in Bond.stfcet, from his chateau at Dieppe ; Mr. John ‘Vauchope and the Misses WouChope, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Hayward, at ditto, from the United States of America ; Mr. James Cardwell, at ditto, from Lanca shire; the Rev. A. Tumor, at ditto, from Wragby ; Sir B. and Lady Doyle, in Baker-street, from Brighton; Viscount Combemere, in Berke ley-square, from Sussex; the Countess of Hardwicke, in Brook-street, from Leamington Spa; Lady Woodford,at Mivart's Hotel, Brook.strect, from Portsmouth; Sir John Woodford, in Wilton-crescent, from Hants; the Earl of Mint°, at the Admiralty, from a tour of inspection; the Hon. Craven Berkeley, in Spring Gardens, from the seat of Lord Segrave, in Gloucestershire; the Earl of Cardigan, from Yorkshire; Captain and Lady Letitia Conroy, from Brighton. DEPA RTUR ES. Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton Noel, from Chandos-itteet, for Exton Park, Rutland; Mrs. and Miss Mansfield, from Grosvenor -street, for L2icestcrshire ; Sir George Talbot, Bart., from Albemarle-street, on a tour ; Colonel Challoner, High Sheriff of Surrey, for Pot tnall Park; Lord Dalhousie, from the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, for his seat, Dal. housie Castle, North Britain ; Lord and Lady James Hay and family, Oil a continental tour ; General Rooke, for Brighton; Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, from Fenton's Hotel, for Goodwood Park Races; Lord and Lady Suffield, for ditto; Lady Sempill and Mr. Candler, from Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street, for Malvern Writs, Worcestershire ; Lord and Lady Gort and the Hon. Colonel Vcrekcr, from ditto, for the family seat ; Lord and Lady Talbot de Malahidc, from ditto, for Malahide Castle, near Dublin; Sir Charles Grey, from the Carlton Hotel, Re. gent-street, for the Oaks; Gen. Horsford, from the Gloucester Hotel, on a tour; Captain Shiner, R.N., from the St. James's Hotel, for Sussex ; the Earl and Countess of Howth and family, from Gould's London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Ireland; the Marchioness of Normanby and the Earl of Mulgrave, from Eaton-square, for Mulgrave Castle, Rugby, Yorkshire; Lady Coutts Trotter and Miss Trotter, from Grosvenor-square, for a continental tour ; Mr. and Lady Cecil Dela. field, from Mivart's Hotel, for Leybourne Grange, in Kent; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, from Arlington-street, for Goodwood, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond ; the Earl and Countess of Burlington, from Belgrave_square, for the Continent ; Sir John M. Duckworth, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Devon; the Rev. N. Gooch, from ditto, on a tour; Mr. J. Smith, from ditto, for Linciihishire; Sir George and Lady Strickland, from York. street, St. James's, for their seat, Hildenly Hall, Malton, Yorkshire ; Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, for their seat Campfield.place, Herts ; the Earl and Countess of Wicklow and the Ladies Howard, from Cavendish-square, for Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Kintore, for their seat in Scotland ; Sir Charles and Lady Mary Monck, from Duke.street, for their seat in North. umberland; the Earl and Countess of Zetland, from Arlington-street, for their seat, Ashe Hall, Yorkshire; the Earl of Eglintoun, from Bond. street, for Edinburgh ; Lord and Lady Rolle, from Grosvenor-street, for their seat, Picton Lodge, North Devon; the Earl and Countess of Car. narvon and Lord Porchester, from Grosvenor-square, for their scat in Somersetshire ; Lord Rivers, from Belgrave-square, for Brighton; Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., from Pall-mall, for Bognor, Sussex ; M. C. W. Codrington, M.P., from Park place, for his seat, Doddington Castle, Gloucestershire; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, from Great Stanhope-street, for their seat, Alton Towers, Derbyshire ; the Countess of Cawdor, from South Audley.street, for Yorkshire ' • Lord Wallace, from Bond-street, for hi s seat, Carlton Hall, Cumberland • the Hon. Henry for his seat Eslingion House,. Henry Liddell, from Per c y cross , Northumberland ; the Earl of M ount Edgecombe, from i Mivart's Hotel, Brook. street, for his villa in Surrey ; th e E arl and Countess of St. Ger man's, from New Burlington-street, for their seat, Port Eliot, St. Ger man's, Cornwall; Lord Dundas, M.P., from Ilertford-street, May.fair, for his seat, Upleatham, Gainsborough, Yorkshire; Sir John Henry Scale, Bart., from Gloucester-place, for his seat, Torbay House, Paignton ; Lord Cranstoun, for Devonshire; Viscount and Viscountess Melville, for their seat, Melville Castle, Edinburgh; the Duke of Devonshire, from Devon-hire House, for his scat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire; Viscountess Ashbrooke and the Honourable Miss Flower, from Picca. dilly, for Fern Hill, Windsor ; the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, from St. James's-square, for their seat, Sandwell Park, near Birming. barn; Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison, from Great Stanhope.street, for Leamington Spa ; Lord and Lady Stourton, from Mansfield.street, for their seat, Allerton Park, Wetherby, Yorkshire; Sir Thomas Winning. ton, Bart., M.P., from Albemarle-street, for his seat, Stanford-court, Stockton, Worcestershire; Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P., from New-street, for his seat, Lupton House, Devon ; the Right Honourable Thomas Planta, M P., from Chandos-street, for his seat, Fairlight, near St. Leonard's, Sussex; Lord and Lady Rodney, from Pall-mall, for Bognor, Sussex; Viscount Neville, from the Regent's Park, for Tun. bridge Wells; Lord and Lady De Saumarez, from St. James's-street, for Cheltenham. CHANGES. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, — ; Dunrobin Castle, from In. verness ; Sir William and Lady Pole, at their seat in Devon, from Weymouth ; Sir Bellingham Graham, at Brighton, from Cowes, Isle of Wight ; Lady Garvagh, and Countess Dembinska, at Worthing, from Bognor ; Lord and Lady Frances Egerton, at Waverley Hall, their scat in Lancashire, from Leamington Spa ; the Duchess de Stackpolc, in Yorkshire, from Bath ; the Earl and Countess of Mayo, at their seat, Palmerston_house, near Naas, Kildare, from Dublin ; Sir David Scott, Bart., at Clifton, from Brighton ; Lord Walsingham, at Brighton, from Bognor ; the Earl and Countess of Arran, at Bath, from Chel tenham. BEULAH SPA.-THE POLES. The wet weather of yesterday told much against the poor Poles, in whose aid a grand fete took place at this fa.thionable resort. Even under the protecting roof of the picturesque marquee a fete on such a day has but a cheerless effect on the visitors. Champagne itself goes down with There were several moments of sunshine yesterday, during the continuance of which the company steppectout, and appeared to en joy the delightful and romantic grounds which compose the enclosure. To enhance the pleasure the following vocal performers were engaged, namely—Miss Betts, Miss Bruce, Miss Birch, Mrs. Seguin, Miss Steele, Miss Fanny Woodham, and others. The instrumental performers were Messrs. Willman, Card, Barrett, Baumann, Platt, the Harpers, and others of the Italian opera band, besides several of the pupils of the Royal Academy. A variety of other entertainments of a more miscel laneous character, were also provided ; and we trust that the Committee of management upon the whole will have a good account to render, as hundreds doubtless of liberal persons in the metropolis, and who hap pily sympathise with the noble-minded Poles, will pay for their tickets, though tir,!) , were not presented. Amongst the company we noticed the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Cannizzaro, Lord Dudley Stuart, Sir M. Wood, M.P., and several persons of rank. A el chapter of the order of the Bath will be held at Buckingham Palace, to elect Lord Howard de Walden, Ambassador at Lisbon, the Earl of Gosford, Lieutenant-General Sir John Lambert, extra Knights Grand Crosses of that most Honourable Order. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond will entertain the following distinguished party at Goodwood during the races:— Prince George of Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistoek, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earls of Wilton and Stradbroke, Lord and Lady Lichfield, Honourable G. and Mrs. Anson, Lords Suffield, Maidstone, William Lmnrix, U. Bentinck, Sir J. Shelley, Right Hon. J. Byng, Hon. H. Roos, Messrs. G. Payne, J. Stanley, Houldsworth, and Irby. His Excellency tile Duke dc Palmella entertained a large party at dinner, last evening, at his Mansion in Arlington-street. It consisted of the Gentlemen connected with the Embassy and Mem bers of the Legation resident in this country. The following English fashionablcs arc on the eve of setting off, or have already departed, to attend the coronation of their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Austria, the first week in September, at Milan :—the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Mar quis of Hertford, Lord and Lady Jersey, Lord and Lady Kinnoull, Lord Grimston, Sir Gore and Lady Ouseley, Captain Mathew, M.P., Col, Powell, M.P., Lord and Lady Acheson, Mr. Comtenay, M.P., Lady and Miss Strachan, Lord and Lady Bray:woke, lion. R eg i na ld F orbes, Secre. tar' of Legation at Vienna ; Lord and Lady B eauchamp, Sir Augustus and Lady Affi Frederick Foster, and Sir Lamb, who, as British Am i,asiador, wiil give a splendid fete to their Imperial Majesties on the oe. casinn. Count Stroganoff, Russian Ambassador Extraordi nary, and his Countess,. and their extensive suite, with the Russian Noblemen forming their attaches, will leave Carlton Housc.tertace early this morning, for Brighton, an d w i ll embark at the Chain Pier to-morrow, on board the Belfast steam.packet, for Dieppe, en route far Paris, where they will make a short sejour, previous to their return to St. Petersburgh. His Serene Hioliness the Prince de Ligne, Belgian Ambassador Extraordinary, and suite, left the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday morning, to embark for Ostend, on his way to Brussels. At Ostend the King and Queen c f the Belgians are expected to arrive on the 10th or 12th August for the sea.bathing season. His Excellency the Marquis de e B-ionol Ambas sador. , , Extraordinary from Sardinia, accompanied by his Marchioness and the noblemen forming his suite, has left town for a tour in the provinces previous to his Excellency leaving England. The Countess of Rothes will arrive at Gould's London Hotel, Albemarle-street, this day, from her Ladyship's seat, Shrub.hill, Dorking. Lord Ward has left Mivart's Hotel, for his seat, Hirnley Hall, Dudley,Staffordshire. It is uncertain whether his Lord.. ship will travel on the Continent this autumn. Lord Grimston and his widowed sister, Lady Katharine Barham, proceed on a Continental tour fir six months im. mediately after the prorogation, change of scene having been recom mended to her Ladyship after her late bereavement. Viscount Powerscourt and family, the Hon. Mrs. Farrand and family, and many other fashionables were amongst the passengers who left London, by the Antwerp Company's steamship Antwerp, on Sunday last. The same Company's packet, Princess Vic toria, arrive - 1 yesterday morning, after a passage of twenty-one hours. Lady Frances Bankes, the favourite daughter of the ' late Lord Eldon, is, we hear, partially recovered from her late long anti severe indisposition. \V arc Oad to hear that the Bishop of London is recovering, from the accident u - hick beret his Lordship some short time ago.. Hifi perfect restoration to health is apAi.:usly I.;oketi forw,ad by his 1, - 4c:ship's numerous frier is. THE CROPS. GLASGOW.—ne weather here is still cold and showery. Hay , ,malCing commeixed last week, but only partially, the rains preventinj many from attemptiog it. The grain crops are decidedly late, but a warm and sunny August ma) ;cI produce in this quarter an abundant har vest. In England the weather has la4ely been more favourable than here, Litt the best authorities doubt whether the crop will ultimately prove ant average one. In the north every thing looks bleak and backward. The, wheat, according to the Inverness Courier,is a complete failure. The• weather there continues ungenia , , ar.d on Saturday last a fresh coverirg of STIOW was bestowed on lice Nevis. In general the best crops arc cm light soils, the wet and cold on the Leavy soils having prevented the growth.—Scuts Times. . We have had a great deal of rain this week, end our accounts from every part of Ab en ' eensbire, especially in Buchan, are as unpleasant. ',I lie crops look beautiful, but, unless genial warmth succeeds the rains soon, serious damage will be done. Come what rnav, we have no reason able prospect now of an early bars ed.—Aberdeen Herald. Km.so —Toe weather for these few days has been somewhat variable and cold for the season, and not what it ought to be in the month of July. The crops, notwithstanding, present, in this quarter at least, a promising and luxuriant appearance, though in some parts of the country they are in a backward state. If next month prove faaousable the har vest will be generally good, but not early. A considerable prt of the hay crop has been cut down in this neighbourhood, and the fielt:s in the vicinity are studded with ricks. lhe quality is g oo d, an d i n qua ntity it is considered an average crop.— Kelso Chronicle. DONCASTER.—The several corn crops in this district continue 10 make extraordinary progress. The state of the weather has been ex:. trumely favourable to the growth of the plant; and, provided fair weather prevails, a rich harvest may be confidently expected. The opinion prevails more and more that the yield will prove abundant, fully equal to an average crop. We hear that on some of the strong soils the crop of wheat is so extremely luxuriant that it is laid. On lighter so il s ; however, it presents what is termed a splendid crop. The barley lands are remarkably productive. It may be questioned whether there ever was a I ,•riod when more anxiety prevailed respecting the produce of the harvest, i`ducea by the present state of the markets, and the pro bability that foreign corn ;nay come out of bond before the crops are secured. Under these ircutastances the weather, upon which so much depends, engrosses universal attebtion.—Doncaster Gazette. LEICESTEIL—The crops in this country are, generally speaking, look ing remarkably well, particularly . the Wheat will prove nearly month's fine weather, we may expeLst that Oats awl Barley, and, if we have a equally fine. The Hay has been a vet heavy crop nearly everywhere. —Leicestershire Mercury. HEiteroan.—The late very cold nights have all but completely de croyed every prospect of the Hop planters in 'his county, at least for the present year. Indeed, so cold was it on Sur; day night last, that at midnight the thermometer was but six degrees above the freezing p oint. The blocs have gone back very rapidly within these I.st se v en or e i g ht days; in many places the plant is quite withered by the " fire blast," and everywhere the general appearance is so bad, that not :be s li g htest hopes are entertained for their recovery.—Hereford Times. , The wheat 3tili continues to improve, and promises to produce". finer crop than we have had for some ye a rs. The ears are both long' Rod heavy, the straw abundant, and smut at present undiscoverable. Oati and barley are thriving wonderfully, and peas and beans are less its. feared by the dolphin than they have been for some years.—Kent Herald_ In Yorkshire, during the week, the weather has been too changeable for the farmers to make much progress in hay-making; but the fine days of Wednesday and yesterday would dry an immense quantity, that was quite ready for loading, and we are by no means certain that the wet—which has been considerable--has to any extent carried damage. As to any just ground of apprehension with regard to the crops 'gene rally, either as respects the past or even the future, we believe there is none to he found.—Leeds Mercury. The hay crops generally where I have travelled, are exceedingly abundant, .fo much so that old hay in many places, is now freely ofFared at half the price demanded for it two months ago. Threr-fcrurths of the teazle crop thi'oughout Somersetshire has disappeared; teazles, in consequence, are on the advance. As matters stand at present, the prices of grain have been gradually advancing, until, it is probable, they have now reached their i.laximum ; and it is a matter of fact that, but for the large quantities of Inferior grain in the kingdom, which hat. weighed down the averages, the ports would, ere this, have been opened for the reception of foreign grain duty free. Cider is advancing, there being a great failure of apples. Wool is very stiff in price, and the farmers seem to have it all their own way, but a friendly voice tells them to be careful of straining the cord too tight, or a re-action will be the consequence.—Sherborne Journal—A Commercial Traveller. We have lately passed through a considerable part of Norfolk, and the crops are so improved by the late weather, that the change is hardly to be conceived. The crops of hay are superabundant, and wheats look at least as fine as any we remetnher. Upon the whole, we are quite satisfied, no less by inquiry than observation, that the , crop of Norfolk will be fully an average, and probably more than an swell /C.. —Nortckh paper. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY.—It is gratify ing to learn that this Society has already received the sanction of many persons in Leicester, a number of insurances having been effected. We trust all will avail thems!lves of its advantages.—Leicestershire Mercury. An infant, the daughter of a stonecutter, named Davidson, residing in Great Eb. , rlow.street, Marylebone, was killed on Thursday by a large stone which was raised against a wall falling upon it while in its brother's arms. 'TWO other children narrowly escaped the same fate. There is a new church now being erected in Carlisle lane, near the Marsh-gate, Lambeth, on part of the Archbishop of Can. terbury's kitchen garden. There will be a .burying ground attached-- much wanted in this populous parish. The friends of the late M. Aroutud Carrel met in the burialground of St. Maude, Paris, in comm.moration of the anni. versary of his death. About 300 persons were Assembled, and several eloquent speeches were made over his tomb. A notice has been issued from Guildhall to the circa that i,n and after Monday, the 30th inst., the fruit and vegetable trade hitherto carried on in ticwgate Market, will be removed to Yarringdon M :rket. Macleod, the unhappy man who was condemned to client the last Circuit Court of Inverness, for the murder of his wife, and has since had his sentence commuted, was removed from gaol on Thursday night at eleven o'clock. He walked with a steady step to the place of embarkation, and shOwed none of that debility which markeJ his appearance at the bar. We understand that his immediate destina tion is the hulks, but that he is ultimately to be transported beyond seas tor the period of his life. _ _ We feel happy that we have it in our power to re move, in some measure, from the minds of our more fearful readers, the belief which prevailed a few weeks ago, that we should have an unpro ductive harvest. The weather, though occasionally showery, has been, through the goodness of a most gracious Providence, the means of a general MA decided improvement in this neighbourhood, and the present appearances of the growing corn are most cheering.—Shrffidd Iris. • BATAVIA, FEB. 10.—The attention of the • Go vernment of India seems still to be engaged on a plan for deepening r)e harbour of Batavia. According to the last soundings there is before the promontories a depth of between three and four fathoms, between them of seventeen feet, and further In of only seven or eight feet. It seems to be intended to increase this last depth to twenty feet. This will be a most important service to navigation. We have heard also of air.ther important plan that the Government has in contemplation— namely, to supply ships with good fresh water, of which there has hitherto been a great d.liciency. The Gloucester -Music Meeting will this yesr be on a more magnificent stile than formerly. The seats for the morning concert in the cathedral will be increased in number. Many rcgulations in the management .'no arrangement for the ensuing con certs will ensure greater comforts Ur the visitors. The Concert will be extended to four days, and will terininateby a fancy dress ball.— !Var. cester Herald. _ _ The cholera, which had re-appeared in Alexandria, and attacked almost at the same moment sev,-raJ persons, had ceased its rav aged after a few days. ELOPEMENT.—An elopement (tail taken place, within the last few days, from the neighbourhood of Marlborough, which has excited considerable interest. Tie gay Lo t ,hario has seen upwards of 50 summers ; the fair lady is about 30.—Daixcs Gazette. An infuriated ox escaped on Friday from a slh wiftuer house in Clare_market, and after doing great damage in the neighbour. ing streets, severely injured a boy who had the temerity to approach him as he stood at bay in a court in Great Oueen.street, On Wednesday week, while the workmen were em- ',Toyed at a bridge across a small rivulet, near to Northallerton (over which the Great North of England Railway passes), and when they had got it nearly ready for the key stone, the whole gave way and came down with a tremendous crash, owing, as we understand, to the centres being too weak. Three of the bricklayers are seriously hurt (viz , Thomas Hawman, and two sons of Abraham Peacock), but we Lope not danger ously. This ought to be a caution to all men employed ui'on similar works, to have the materials good, and of sufficient substance. Had the accident happened a little earlier, the loss of life would have beers very serious, as the whole of the workmen dine under the arch.—Hull ri•itier riser. Last Monday afternoon, as the superb new steamer the City tf York, w as nearing the Queen's Stailh, near Ouse bridge, a dreadful accident happened to a sailor of the name of Gill, who was tiring salutes from the sloop Mary. It appears that there was some ri valry between him and another person, as to which could charge and lire the quickest, and Gill, having fired his cannon twice, was in the act of ramming down the third charge, without having taken the pre caution of sponging, when it exploded and shattered his hand in a friotful manner. The lingers were blown off into the water, and the tendons hung down like strings: below the bare bone. A cab was im mediately procured, and the disabled man was conveyed to the County Hospital, when it was found necessary to amputate the hand just above the wrist —Mtn Advertiser. " I send you a fat goose ; pluck him well," was the I 'conic but much.menning letter of introt!uction once presented to a Bath phys'cian, by a pvient consigned tu him ty a country practirroner, who wrote over his dolt' a copy of the oNrord doctor's sign, " mrd:cum,catharlicam, el mac quad cril iri ilum," and had exhausted his whole pharnbicopteia upon the gentleman Who fan cied himself sick, before he dismissed him to the city of Blatiud... Alas! for poor John Dill! I - Ic has ever been treated according to the lat goose system. There has been a constant plucking going on from time immemorial. While the war lasted, his purse was the common stock. purse of all mankind The hands of all the nations of the earth were in it ; and it was John's ttlory that it should be so. It was his boast that in the march against Paris, his gold was the mighty ler.cr which called up the crusade, and rolled ou the li ing tide of human bci: . 'as again" the common enemy —Liverpool Albion. SINGULAR FATALITY.—In the parish of ileolry, during the late storms of thunder and lightning, as mentioned in the Herald some few weeks since, a man of tl c name of Thomas Shaw WU struck dead whilst taking shelter under an oak ttee in a field when , himself and two other men had been at work, and who, in all probahi. lity, would hare shared the same fate but for tiler prudence in retreat- ing at the cotnmeneement of the storm to the house of their employer. 'Their tumfortunate companion, whom on going out they found a corpse, had twice before been injured by time electric fluid. What, however, will be considered still more remarkable, is the singular fatality which has attended his family. A sister of his, some few years ago, in a hay field of an adjoining parish, fell down and instantly expired. One bro. t her was killed by a hone kicking him. Another brother had the mis. fortune to fall into a reserveir of water at a place called Wood End and was drowned ; and a third brother, on joining the British army in France, just berme the termination of the late war, died there sud. denly.L it'urccsirr Herald. T The General Stearn Navigation Company's pocket, an 'Ned off the CuctoTn.house last right on board the Prince and ?einem of a°' I:l:h i ej3;l:lTh t ' ail': i:BNdlf''.tr;l°/.:::.11:1":"k.:SbICI:3rA‘g. ihn. r g E . —On Sunday at initinioht the town crier pu blicl y announced that the tw o sons of a respect':::.ble e ident of Hull, named Thwaites, the elder of whom was only eight year.; of age, were missing. T he wh ole Monday town was searched in v a i n , no t idi n gs of them being heard. o . morning, as the Grimsby s teamer Waz - on her passage to Hull, th ose on board descried a boat at without any persons being seen in her; on nearing it, however, they found two little chi:dren lying at the bottom, whom they took into their vessel, and brought safely to Hull. The boys state that they were playing in the boat on the beach, which by some means became unfas. !cried, and drifted out; they had nearly approached Grimsby at the Cine they wtr , .! found. The little fellows had received no inj.:ry Lascrid being nearly without food.—//u/1:027:eS ) s . otIC Lrf og